TY - JOUR
TI - From Thomson’s American Dream to Szczerek’s Ukrainian Mordor. Aestheticization of the World in Gonzo Style
AU - Żyrek-Horodyska, Edyta
TI - From Thomson’s American Dream to Szczerek’s Ukrainian Mordor. Aestheticization of the World in Gonzo Style
AB - The article is an attempt at a comparative analysis of two journalistic texts written in the tradition of New Journalism and classified today as instances of the gonzo style. Two books are analysed: Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thomson (1971) and Przyj­dzie Mordor i nas zje, czyli tajna historia Słowian [Mordor Will Come and Eat Us: A Secret History of the Slavs] by Ziemowit Szczerek (2013). The article aims at showing that journalistic texts following the gonzo aesthetics mime the narrative strategies found in literature (with special emphasis on thriller and picaresque novel), but also often openly question their assumptions.
VL - 2017
IS - Volume 14 Issue 2
PY - 2017
SN - 2083-7658
C1 - 2353-1991
SP - 217
EP - 232
DO - 10.4467/23531991KK.17.014.7538
UR - https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/konteksty-kultury/article/od-amerykanskiego-snu-thompsona-po-ukrainski-mordor-szczerka-estetyzacja-swiata-w-duchu-gonzo
KW - literary journalism
KW - gonzo
KW - Hunter S. Thompson
KW - Ziemowit Szczerek
KW - aesthetics
KW - picaresque novel